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ITUC – PERC YCALMATY 2015

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ITUC PERC

• Membership of the PERC is based on affiliation to the ITUC. It consists of 89 national centres affiliated to the ITUC. The institutions of the PERC are the General Assembly, the Executive Committee, and the Secretariat.

• The General Assembly meets at least once every 4 years to determine priorities for action in the region, receive reports on activities, consider any rule changes, approve the membership of the Executive Committee, and elect the PERC President and Vice-Presidents.

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• The PERC President is elected for a 4-year term. The Second Assembly in December 2011 re-elected Mikhail Shmakov, President of FNPR-Russia, as the PERC President, with Anna Wolanska of Solidarnosc-Poland, Erik Foglar of OeGB-Austria and Mariana Kniesner, BNS-Romania, as Vice-Presidents.

• The Executive Committee meets at least once a year to receive reports on activities, identify priorities and define action plans. Where necessary it can set up networks, programes, task forces for addressing specific issues and committees, as well as receiving the accounts and preparing the meetings of the General Assembly.

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• The Secretariat is composed of the PERC General Secretary and officers designated by him or her and by the General Secretary of the ITUC. An Executive Secretary is appointed by the ITUC and ETUC General Secretaries acting in concert.

• According to PERC constitution the ETUC General Secretary is also General Secretary of the PERC. The PERC General Secretary is Bernadette Segol, the Executive Secretary is Grigor Gradev.

• The PERC sets up different task forces to fulfill its objectives and works with various sub-regional and transnational trade union forums and networks, such as the South-East European Trade Union Forum and the Baltic Sea Trade Union Network.

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PERC` bodies and Youth Representation

1. General Assembly

- meets at least once every 4 years

- Youth quota: 3 seats for youth delegates with voting rights

2. Executive Committee

- meets at least once a year

- Youth quota: 1 seat for youth delegates with voting rights

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PERC Youth dimension

PERC Youth policy – developed and coordinated by the youth structure, which operate through two bodies:

• Youth Conference

• Youth Committee with a Bureau

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PERC Youth structure

1. Youth Conference• Organized at least once in two years;• Participation of all PERC affiliates` representatives who must be

under 35 years old;• Discussion and adoption at least a work program for the next

year;

2. Youth Committee with a Bureau • Composed of 9 elected members (under 33 years old at the

beginning of their 2-years mandate);• Bureau: President and 3 deputies elected by the Conference• President of PERC YC = member of PERC Executive

Committee;• 2 Members of the Bureau + 2 organisers = delegates to the

ITUC YC;• Meet at least one time a year;• Working language – English and Russian

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1st PERC Youth Founding Conference

On the basis of the discussions the delegates to the Conference adopted 2 main documents:

• Concluding statement to guide the PERC YC in its work and to deliver its voice to the trade union decision making bodies;

• Terms of references and Rules of Procedures of the PERC YC (developed by the T.YC)

=> ELECTIONS AND …

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1st PERC Youth Committee

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2nd PERC Youth Conference

• 10-11 November 2011, Krakow, Poland)

• Topic of the conference: “A quality education for a quality job!” with focus on: transition process from education to employment; integration of young people in labour market; internships; mobility; quality education; vocational education and training; organising students; etc.

• Organized jointly with ETUC Youth Committees

• Final document: Youth Declaration with some recommendations

• 10th November 2011 - elections of the 2nd PERC Youth Committee members (for next 2 years November 2011 – November 2013)

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2nd PERC Youth Conference

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3rd PERC Youth Conference

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Main tasks of PERC YC

• Develop a youth section of the PERC working program;

• Provide advice and recommendation to the PERC ExC;

• Examine labour market and workplace issues related to youth;

• Implement campaigns on recruitment and integration of young workers (decent work campaigns);

• Promote networking of young unionists;

• Support work of youth structures of the affiliates;

• Promote training of young TU leaders and activists.

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Our Long-term priorities:

• Strengthening the cooperation with PERC Women Committee and ETUC Youth Committee through preparing and organising joint projects and activities;

• Contribution to the ITUC campaigns and actions

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Региональная конференция по вопросам занятости молодежи, Баку

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молодежный семинар в Молдове

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различные встречи

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Международное профсоюзное Летняя школа для молодежи Центральной и Восточной

Европы

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Зимняя школа в Калининграде

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Балтийский форум молодежи профсоюзов

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Всемирный день за достойный труд

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